Beast Taming: Starting From Zero

Chapter 45: Meteor Shower

Qiao Sang led Fire Fang Dog into a nearby alley.

Fire Fang Dog had a nagging feeling that something wasn’t right.

But the aroma of the Super Crazy Spicy Wings numbed its senses.

Without thinking much, Fire Fang Dog took the skewer of wings from its Beast Tamer and took a big bite.

The meat was tender and delicious.

Fire Fang Dog's eyes lit up, just as it was about to take a second bite—

“Yowwww!!!”

A pitiful howl echoed through the empty alley.

Pedestrians passing by the alley’s entrance stopped and peered inside, thinking some sort of pet abuse was going on.

They saw a young girl standing quietly to the side while Fire Fang Dog was frantically spewing fire at the wall.

Turns out it was just a fire-type pet beast acting out of control.

The pedestrians came to their conclusion and, not wanting to get noticed by the fire-type beast, continued on as if nothing had happened.

“Fire Fang Dog, hang in there, compress, compress it, then try releasing it.” Qiao Sang reminded from the side.

“Yowwww!!!”

Fire Fang Dog’s eyes were now truly wet with tears.

Compress? What compress? All it knew was that it was burning up from the spiciness!

A scorching sensation surged through its stomach, the heat rushing to its head, filling its nose and throat.

“Yowwww!!!”

Fire Fang Dog began spewing fire unconsciously, just wanting to soothe its burning throat and stomach.

Qiao Sang noticed that Fire Fang Dog's flames were starting to evolve from a spherical shape into a columnar one. She quickly took out her phone to record the scene.

After Fire Fang Dog was exhausted from all the fire spewing and collapsed on the ground, Qiao Sang took out a bottle of Qiyuan Milk from her backpack and handed it over.

Fire Fang Dog immediately grabbed the milk with both paws and gulped it down in no time.

It looked at Qiao Sang with tearful eyes, pitifully.

Qiao Sang understood what it was asking.

“No way, I only brought four bottles of milk, and I have to save some for later." Qiao Sang refused.

Recently, her funds had shrunk drastically. With expenses piling up and no income, she had to cut down the amount of Qiyuan Milk used after training by nearly half.

Later? Why not now?

Fire Fang Dog blinked its confused eyes, not understanding, until its Beast Tamer offered it another skewer of chicken wings.

“Yoww!”

Fire Fang Dog immediately backed into the corner, shaking its head vigorously.

This was the thing that got it into this mess! It swore never to eat it again!

Qiao Sang squatted beside Fire Fang Dog and showed it the video she just recorded on her phone.

“Look, don’t you think the flames you just spat out were different from your usual sparks?”

Fire Fang Dog watched the video, seeing itself nearly crying from the spiciness.

Its fur stood on end, tears and snot running down its face, looking nothing like the dashing figure it saw in the mirror that morning.

“Yap!”

Fire Fang Dog covered its eyes with its paws, refusing to admit that the image in the video was really it.

Sensing Fire Fang Dog’s thoughts, Qiao Sang was momentarily stunned. She had forgotten how much Fire Fang Dog cared about its image...

It seemed she had to use another trick...

Qiao Sang picked up her phone and searched for other fire-type pet beast battle videos, making sure to add cool and stylish to the keywords.

Without pre-screening the video, she clicked on the one with the highest recent views and placed it in front of Fire Fang Dog.

“Take a look.”

Fire Fang Dog peeked through a gap in its paws and, seeing it wasn’t the embarrassing video of itself, finally lowered its paws.

The video showed a Blazing Mane Lion with fiery red curls. It roared towards the sky, stomped its right front paw forcefully, and a flame the size of a goose egg formed above its head.

The flame, filled with terrifying energy, rose higher and higher before exploding like fireworks, with sparks gracefully falling, creating a beautiful scene.

Fire Fang Dog was captivated by the sight. It hadn’t enjoyed it for long before the sparks hit the ground, causing a series of earth-shattering explosions, destroying the beautiful image.

The video showed dust rising everywhere. As the explosion ceased and the dust settled, only ruins remained on the ground.

The ground was riddled with craters, and the opponent was charred beyond recognition.

The beautiful scene had instantly turned into a terrifying sight.

Fire Fang Dog stared at the video, unmoving.

Qiao Sang was stunned after watching. Although she wanted Fire Fang Dog to see some cool fire-type skills, she didn’t expect such a high-difficulty one!

She had wanted to show it simple skills like Flame Jet, Fireball, or Flame Impact that beginner pet beasts could learn.

The Meteor Shower displayed by the Blazing Mane Lion in the video was a high-level skill, far beyond what Fire Fang Dog could learn at its current stage.

Qiao Sang wanted to switch to another video but noticed Fire Fang Dog was still engrossed in the scene.

Her mind quickly came up with an idea, and she tempted it by saying, “Do you want to learn this?”

Fire Fang Dog’s eyes immediately brightened, and it looked up at its Beast Tamer, full of longing.

Got it!

Qiao Sang secretly praised her own cleverness.

“I was trying to help you grasp a new skill earlier. Didn’t you feel that the flames you spat out were different from before? The wings were just the key to unleashing your inner energy. As long as you keep practicing the way I said, you’ll definitely be able to learn the Meteor Shower from the video.” Qiao Sang bluffed.

Learning Meteor Shower might be impossible, but learning some other lower-level fire skills was still achievable.

“Yap!”

Fire Fang Dog solemnly nodded after hearing its Beast Tamer’s words.

It had completely forgotten its embarrassing look in the video and the taste of the wings, focused only on mastering that awe-inspiring skill.

“Next time, after you finish eating the wings, don’t just randomly shoot out flames. Gather the surging energy, compress it, and then release it.” Qiao Sang instructed.

“Yap!”

Fire Fang Dog responded enthusiastically, reaching out with its paw to take the skewer it swore never to eat again.

It closed its eyes, held its breath, and took a bite of the wing as if it were its last meal.

“Yappppp!!!”

The familiar sensation surged up again.

“Compress!” Qiao Sang reminded from the side.

Fire Fang Dog resisted the urge to immediately spew flames, focusing on the energy within, compressing it as much as possible.

Until it felt it had reached its limit, Fire Fang Dog could no longer hold back and released the accumulated flames.

This time, it wasn’t the usual sparks, nor the columnar flames from earlier. A scorching flame shot out in a spinning motion at high speed.

Before Qiao Sang could even grasp what skill it was—

Boom, boom, boom!

The sound of bricks and stones collapsing echoed in her ears.

The wall had collapsed...

Qiao Sang blacked out, stunned in place. Across from her, an elderly man, leaning on a cane, made eye contact with her.

Fire Fang Dog was pleased with the power of its flames. It momentarily forgot about needing milk to ease the spiciness and turned to its Beast Tamer, waiting for praise.

Before it could take a second look at its masterpiece, it found itself lifted into the air.

Turns out its Beast Tamer had scooped it up and was running away.

“Yapp?”

Fire Fang Dog was confused.

Weren’t we going to learn a new skill? Why are we running?

Qiao Sang was panicking inside.

Did that old man see her just now?

He did, didn’t he...

He probably remembers her face too...

After all, she’s so good-looking...